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These days, you never know whether something that you see on the Internet is fake or not. With AI technology seeping deeper and deeper into all aspects of content creation, it's easier than ever to create authentic-looking visuals. But in this list, we're focusing on pictures that only seem fake yet are 100% real.
These come to you from people who came across things and sights so improbable that one cannot help but think: "This can't be real." But we promise, Pandas, these photos have not been photoshopped! From mind-blowing scenery and optical illusions to incredible art pieces and giant-sized safety pins, prepare to be wowed as you scroll through this list of definitely real pics!
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#1
This Fountain Was Designed To Look Like It's Pouring Lava For A Brief Time Per Day When The Sun Hits It Just Right
BiteMyShiny 7 months ago
Click on little grey link "RincnCuriosoo" at bottom left of OP, the fountain is in Italy.
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Richard Smith 7 months ago
I think those two young women pouring the molten liquid might want to put something protective on...
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#2
Mule Nannies Are Used In Italy When Grazing Animals Are Moved From High Pastures Down To The Plains
Newborn lambs are unable to make the journey own their own. They ride in pouches of a specially made saddle. At rest stops lambs are returned to their mothers for a meal & some nuzzling.
Louise Clarke 7 months ago (edited)
This is one of the many reasons I love donkeys/Mules. They are so sweet. They also protect the flock of sheep. They will kick and bite at anything trying to cause harm to the sheep 🐑
#3
An Origami Woman In Dress, Folded From A Single Square Of Paper
Although no AI was used in the making of these pictures, artificial intelligence is one of the most polarizing topics nowadays on the Internet. Just a few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center published a study about Americans' perceptions of AI, and the majority of respondents believed it's going to harm the U.S.
As AI is permeating many aspects of our lives, people believe some areas will benefit from the technology. Like medical care: 44% of Americans think that AI will be useful to doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. But people worry most about the impact of AI on the news and elections, as only around 10% believe it will have a positive impact on them.
#4
Reflecting In Yosemite
I dont know 7 months ago
I almost didn't understand that it was a photo of the water. Amazing!
#5
This Is What An Albino Raccoon Looks Like
#6
I Recently Started Working In An Er At A Hospital. This Vein Finder Is The Coolest Piece Of Tech Equipment I’ve Come Across
2x4b523p 7 months ago
Same, but once in a while I come across this matronly nurse who looks like she’s worked in that hospital for 50 years. She always finds my vein on first try where all other nurses claimed there are none.
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Edda Kamphues 7 months ago (edited)
My arms were black and blue for weeks after several nurses and doctors tried to insert 4 cannulas. Two per arm. I got a little stroppy when they went for the hands because they had no success with the arms. It was horrible!
Blackmoon The Dragon 7 months ago
I don't need this to find my veins, there's actually a huge juicy one very noticable in both my arms... but then again I also have a heart condition that makes my body kinda different, I can see how people need this :) this is really cool tho
Apatheist Account2 7 months ago
I was told by a nurse last week that I had "nice veins". It's probably due to low body fat.
Shark Lady 7 months ago
Doesn't work for me, doctors regularly joke that they're not sure how my arms are still attached as my veins are goddam awful!
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
have one tiny vein in my right arm that always cooperates when they need to draw blood. If they don't believe me, frustration awaits!
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence recently published a 2025 AI Index Report. It revealed the different attitudes people in different parts of the world have towards AI. Asia, for example, shows way more optimism for the use of AI in most aspects of daily life.
People in countries like China (83%), Indonesia (80%), and Thailand (77%) believe that AI-powered products and services have more advantages than drawbacks. And in Canada (40%), the United States (39%), and the Netherlands (36%), folks are much more likely to perceive any AI-powered tools and services with caution.
#7
Giant Yucatan Butter Avocado
heather Taylor 7 months ago
That kind of avocado does not taste quite the same. It has a much thinner skin and a more turpentine flavor ( lemon or lime fixes it much like they fix papaya). The avocado we find in grocery stores were developed to transport easily and have a milder taste among other qualities.
#8
Smallest Active Vessel Of The Us Navy
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 7 months ago
USS Boomin Beaver. It's a security tug, and used to deploy underwater barriers around larger vessels.
Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
The Boomin' Beaver is a 19' tug boat and was originally designed for the commercial logging industry to herd logs in waterways, but the Navy found its rugged design well-suited for its harbor security needs.
Rich Black 7 months ago
why buy a rowboat with an outboard when you could get one of these for $150,000?
#9
Extreme Waves In The North Sea
StrangeOne 7 months ago
The camera man never dies, nor gets washed away overboard. It still doesn't do it justice. Check out a photos of tankers and shipping liners then compare. But the crazy thing is the North Sea is relatively shallow compared to other oceans and seas.
LauraDragonWench 7 months ago
Call me a weirdo - tie me to the railings with some rope so I could stand on the middle of the deck like this and I'd be super excited and thrilled.
Arenite 7 months ago
You could change your screen name to WaterWench! I‘d be tied to the rail right beside you
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Robin Roper 7 months ago
I'd find this thrilling and would love to experience this. Of course on a large and well built ship.
Laura Mitchell 7 months ago
Yeah, no. I got seasick watching the America's Cup on TV. Glad this is a still picture.
When it comes to photography, artists and their audiences have serious concerns about the use of AI. In April 2023, the project "90 Miles" about Cuban refugees by National Geographic's photojournalist Michael C. Brown made waves online because of his use of AI.
Granted, Brown was open about using AI and even described the project as an "A.I. reportage illustration experiment." Still, people pointed out that this doesn't count as photojournalism and questioned his integrity.
#10
Tampa International Airport’s New Flamingo
CertifiedCatServant (he/him) 7 months ago
I love seeing that flamingo every time I fly through Tampa! It’s so fun and cheerful
LauraDragonWench 7 months ago
Love the ceiling effect, mimicking the water's surface - so cool!
Marla Singer 7 months ago
There are people out there who are terrified of birds (me). This would make me panic a bit.
Wang Zhuang 7 months ago
Wow, I haven't flown out of TIA in years! It would be cool to see that
#11
Basketball Players Standing Next To Cheerleaders
Sally Moen 7 months ago
Beautiful women of all heights. I love that the basketball players are also wearing heels
Teutonic Disaster 7 months ago (edited)
Some backround info on their fashion, the short blonde is wearing a crop top that belongs to the tall blonde.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago (edited)
The cheerleaders pictured here are probably "flyers." Smaller and lighter, they are easier to toss into the air for the aerial stunts. Guessing that the basketball players are at least 6 feet tall. The small blonde cheerleader might be a midget as midgets are 4'10" or less in height but without any type of scale this is all guesswork.
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Howl's sleeping castle 7 months ago
I am 5'2 so i exes were 5'7, 5'8. I ended up marrying a 6 feet guy
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#12
A Single Egg Carton
Auntriarch 7 months ago
He's offering it to his girlfriend, engagement eggs are the latest thing
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I'm pretty sure that it was cut off of a regular carton... you can see the straight cut lines on the right
Teutonic Disaster 7 months ago
A while ago, before all the recent egg-related drama, I stumbled across a an egg cooker for 1 (one!) egg. Where I live, cookers for 3 or, even more so, 6 eggs are the norm. As if that wasn't absurd enough, it cost ~15€, whereas regular cheap one can be had for ~10€.
Nuku Nyara 7 months ago
I cut a regular egg carton down to make a single carton to take my egg to work so I can cook it and put it in my lunch ramen?
Andie Day 7 months ago
Yes, but egg prices are down 87% "We have too many eggs. If anything prices are too low." Watch the video and hear the word right out of the horse's... mouth on X. https://x.com/Acyn/status/1913273699194777915 Meanwhile NYT reports you can always dye potatoes or buy plastic eggs for Easter. Good luck with the over-easy plastic ones.
Rich Black 7 months ago
this has got to be someplace in europe, where they take public transportation to the market, and buy only as much as they can carry in one bag
There have been controversial stories in photojournalism when photos were actually too good to be true. In 2022, American photographer Kittiya Pawlowski submitted gorgeous photographs of a snow leopard in the Himalayas. The problem? The photographs proved to be doctored after a French publication called their authenticity into question.
#13
Urinal For Ladies
Robin 7 months ago
According to Snopes this was part of an art installation and not supposed to be used.
timhood 7 months ago
For those who want to find out more after reading this: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/urinal-for-women-photo/ 🙂
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David 7 months ago (edited)
Not a real thing, except as an art installation. (EDIT: Penguin is right. It IS a trough. Kind of an optical illusion. I can make the center look raised or as a valley depending on how I stare at it.) Common sense says the long part wouldn't work because any urine on that part would run off onto the floor. Plus it would be super easy to break. I have seen urinals in men's rooms that you somewhat straddle and a woman could probably use one, but not this absurdly long thing. "The photograph was authentic and it depicted a real object. However, the urinal was part of an art installation. There's no evidence of it being installed somewhere for actual use."
PenguinEmp 7 months ago
It's a trough so it would not run into the floor. Even if it was real
Load More Replies... LauraDragonWench 7 months ago
I know this is an art installment, but given a choice between having a dozen of these with some small dividers to shield the user, and waiting for an hour for a stall to open up , I'd use the urinal.
Neb 7 months ago
Probably would be easier with skirt. And no need to sit on peed-on seats or hover...
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It Looks Like It's Only Raining Over One House
Wolf Wolf 7 months ago
This happened to me once! I was in my backyard doing some laundry. It was a sunny day and the sky was clear. Well, almost. There was this lone small grey cloud just passing through like it owned the place. It started to rain. While I was in the middle of retreating with laundry, the cloud had already passed, and thus the rain stopped. I felt like I was in the Looney Tunes.
Beak Hookage 7 months ago (edited)
🎶Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen? Where did the blue skies go? Why does it always rain on me? Even though the sun is shining, I can't avoid the lightning. Why does it always rain on me...?🎶
Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
Where I grew up, it would sometimes be raining on our side of the street while the other side was sunny. Honest.
#15
My Orange Toolbox Looks Like A Real Life Pickup Item Under My Room's Blue Light
patricia patricia 7 months ago
Is that for migraine? I read blue light may reduce it's intensity, but I've never met anybody who has tried.
At first, Pawlowski refused to address the controversy but later explained that she never claimed these photos to be undoctored. "News and media from around the world stole my images and published them with their own meaning. They did not ask me if they were edited. They interpreted them in their own way and spread them around the world. They told their followers that they were not edited. This is untrue, I always edit my images."
#16
The Wire Art Of Benedict Radcliffe
Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago (edited)
Benedict Radcliffe - Dr Strange and Harry Potter combo deal?
#17
Took A Picture Of My Daughter Walking Through A Tunnel And The Lighting Made It Look Like A Bad Photoshop
Ben Cantatore 7 months ago
As I look at the picture, I'm mentally hearing the Dr. Who theme playing
#18
I Came Across A Blue Mushroom
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
According to Google, it's probably a Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap. So cool!
Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
I really like looking for mushrooms when walking in a forest area. Some of them are just beautiful, others are just plain weird!
Some photographers dance around similar controversies by claiming that they're not "photojournalists" and are merely "storytellers." That was the excuse Michael C. Brown gave news outlets after his "90 Miles" debacle, as did photographer Steve McCurry when he got accused of using Photoshop to edit his photographs.
#19
My Grandfather Grew Black Tomatoes
Bertha Madott 7 months ago
Heirloom tomatoes. Interesting unusual colours. We have grown yellow, green, brown, striped. Very good flavour and texture
Scott Rackley 7 months ago
Nothing like a BLT with a good heirloom tomato
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Colin Matthews 7 months ago (edited)
Lots of plants are like this. We only see the standard commercial common variety. Google Bananas and various chillis, carrots etc
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
What's sad is that the commercial varieties are usually selected for prettier appearance, durability for shipping and longer shelf life. Taste is a lesser concern for industrial farming. So many people are missing out on more flavorful distinct heirloom varieties of many many fruits and vegetables. Try your local farmer's markets or grow your own if you can!
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Beak Hookage 7 months ago
My nephew didn't believe me when I told him there are purple carrots, so I ordered some seeds and grew a crop of them just to show him.
#20
This Ridiculous Giant Teddy Bear With A Tiny Face
I saw it in an arcade and literally played the machine it was in until it stopped working. I need this bear. It's so funny, and I can't stop thinking about it.
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
I'm stuck on trying to work out whether this is cute, or frightening.
#21
Someone Put The Sky In The Trash
In one of his images, McCurry removed a traffic sign that was sticking out of a passerby's leg. For another, he removed two people from a photograph entirely. Commenting on the issue, Sean D. Elliot, ethics committee chairman of the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA), said that McCurry should "uphold the ethical standards of his peers and the public, who see him as a photojournalist" and called his actions "an ethical lapse."
#22
I Took A Mildly Well-Timed Picture Of A Camel
#23
Police In Venice Move Around On Jet Skis
timhood 7 months ago
If they used gondolas, it would be more fun to watch a police chase! 😆
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#24
Double King
Ariom Dahl 7 months ago
'There were ten in the bed and the little one said Roll Over. So they all rolled over and one fell out. There were nine in the bed and the little one said Roll Over. So they all rolled over and one fell out. There were eight in the bed .... You get the idea ... There were two in the bed and the little one said Roll Over. So they both rolled over and one fell out. There was one in the bed and the little one said THAT'S ME!' (Old old song)
Linda Graber 7 months ago
You would still end up sleeping on the edge of the bed.
Load More Replies... Teutonic Disaster 7 months ago (edited)
And my cats would still lay on top of me... edit: to be clear, I'm not complaining, just stating the facts 😉
Troy Parr 7 months ago
"It was nine feet high and six feet wide And soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs And a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun On grandma's feather bed"
Some news agencies have rules against photographers using any kind of digital editing software. The Associated Press' code of ethics for photojournalists states: "The content of a photograph must not be altered in Photoshop or by any other means. No element should be digitally added to or subtracted from any photograph."
#25
Door Knob Is Higher At The Doctor’s Office To Prevent Kids From Escaping
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
I can kind-of see the logic, but I'm not convinced about the e*******n.
Broccoli 7 months ago
Sorry, but bored panda’s censoring prevented me from figuring out the censored word…can somebody help me?
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
OK, the building's on fire, the lights have gone out, and I'm in the dark trying to locate the frickin' doorknob to get out.
Ariom Dahl 7 months ago
No, this is NOT a good idea. Might be better to have door k**b in normal place but a bolt up high for when it's needed.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Childcare etc places in Australia have to have the doorknobs higher, but thankfully not this high, because I wouldn't be able to reach it!
Heffalump 7 months ago
To everyone complaining about the silly censorship: BP uses your agitation to demonstrate engagement to their advertisers. The more you complain, the more they'll do it. They are not really interested in whether it annoys us. They are happy to lose less engaged users.
#26
This Single Flower Coming Off A Tree
#27
This Screw
Heras buddy 7 months ago
I know someplace I'd like to put that. But he isn't worth prison time.
Kyle Denman 7 months ago
This is a ground screw. A type of building foundation. Often used for garden rooms.
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In 2015, Reuters banned the submission of RAW files and started demanding photographers submit files only in JPEG format, which makes it harder to edit visual information. A Reuters spokesperson told PetaPixel: "While we aim for photography of the highest aesthetic quality, our goal is not to artistically interpret the news."
#28
This Airport Has A Bathroom For Service Animals
Anthony Elmore 7 months ago
Hey, people are animals. Plus, if some guy wants to spend a few years in the military, who am I to tell service people where they can pee?
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#29
Oranges In Tropical Regions Have Green Skin Instead Of Orange
Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
almost right. Those are Naranjillas which are related to Naranjas (oranges) but different. Both exist
Robin Roper 7 months ago
Caused by temperature change, especially heat which is common in the tropics.
Mr. Karate 7 months ago (edited)
This is not entirely true, some orange species may be green, but I have eaten oranges grown and harvested in countries like Venezuela, Colombia and Peru (commonly called Criolla oranges), and they are orange in color.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
Were they wearing a tin foil hat perchance?
Load More Replies... ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
In the US; California, Arizona, Texas and Florida grow lots of oranges and other citrus fruits.
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This Is What Happens When You Polish A Coconut
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
With a way better "surprise" on the inside.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 7 months ago
My guess would be to use it as a musical instrument - take out the meat, polish it, and fill it with beads to make a nice noise when shaken.
Load More Replies... eMpTy 7 months ago
There was a Mythbusters episode where they did prove that it is possible. Myth confirmed.
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Although none of the pictures featured on our list would qualify for news, they haven't been digitally manipulated. So, yes, that giant avocado is actually real! Let us know your favorite pics from this list in the comments, Pandas. And while you're here, be sure to check out similar articles featuring 100% real photos that seem fake here and here!
#31
Biggest Dandelion I’ve Seen (My Hand For Scale)
Riley Quinn 7 months ago
Not a dandelion. That's a Tragopogon pratensis, aka Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify, yellow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard.
#32
Curving Escalator
Al Fun 7 months ago
Caesars casino in Las Vegas has one too. Only one Japanese company makes them, they are extremely expensive to make and maintain, basically hand made. There are just a couple dozen in the world.
Delicate Fcuking Flower 7 months ago
Caesars Palace was my very first thought too
Load More Replies... Carl Roberts 7 months ago
Located at the rapidly dying San Francisco Center mall in downtown SF.
Edda Kamphues 7 months ago
No thank you. I find it difficult enough to stay upright on a straight one.
Petra Schaap 7 months ago
I rode these a few times in SF. Was very underwhelming 😁
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Sally Moen 7 months ago
Probably a unique set of maintenance instructions. And wouldn't there be increased risk of injury along the side of the steps?
#33
First Time Seeing A U Turn Light
Huddo's sister 7 months ago (edited)
Common in Australia, I didn't know it was unusual elsewhere. They aren't at every traffic light set.
sendt 7 months ago
Been driving in Australia for nearly 60 years and I have NEVER seen one of these.
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StrangeOne 7 months ago
We need this everywhere. Is someone turning left? Or U-turning? I don't know.
Sylvia Baker 7 months ago
Nah we've got lots of those on International Avenue in Calgary Alberta
ManuelQue 7 months ago
And one on 16th Ave at the left turn to motel village.
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Daughter Found The Largest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen
michael reid 7 months ago
That is seriously massive! A real life freak of nature (in a good way)
Sally Moen 7 months ago
Yummy and worth getting cuts from the sticker bushes to pick the sweet fruit
Rich Black 7 months ago
possibly a loganberry. next up - a goose egg impersonating a chicken egg.
#35
This Measuring Spoon For A “Smidgeon”
G A 7 months ago
Smidgen. I mean, it's actually printed on it. How difficult is it to copy it correctly for the title?
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
They prefer to be called Lilliputian Physicians.
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Sunshine 7 months ago
I have a little set of spoons like this -- one is for a "dash", another is for a "pinch", and the last is for a "smidgen" like this spoon.
Sally Moen 7 months ago
Looks like 1/2 or 1/4 of a teaspoon. And I LOVE metal measuring cups and spoons, they last longer and the measurement amount is usually stamped into the metal, not painted on like on glass or plastic.
David 7 months ago
Tad – ¼ teaspoon, Dash – 1/8 teaspoon, Pinch – 1/16 teaspoon, Smidgen – 1/32 teaspoon, Drop – 1/64 teaspoon, Hint – Half of a drop or a very tiny amount. https://ottogrills.com/blogs/post/what-is-tad-dash-smidgen
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#36
My College’s Engineering Building Has A House Built On Its Roof
Nadine Lynch 7 months ago
"Fallen Star," part of the Stuart Collection at the University of California at San Diego. Or, as many there call it, "Dorothy's House."
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
When you hear "flush" *do not look up*. But if you do, be sure to keep your mouth shut.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 7 months ago (edited)
So this is what happens when you use radioactive water and industrial fertilizer on a concrete foundation!
#37
This Department Store In Germany Has A Surf Wave
Mighty Toastress 7 months ago
It's an outdoorshop. They also have climate Chambers where you can Test out the outdoorclothing. Freezing cold, hot and pouring rain.
PenguinEmp 7 months ago
German and chambers does not make me feel comfortable.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
They have those in some Anaconda sports/camping stores in Australia. Others have a rock climbing wall or a kayak pool.
Rich Black 7 months ago
a surf wave PLUS two lifeguards/attendants, per insurance requirements. How much does this cost for 15 minutes?
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 7 months ago
People who are going to the store that allows them to test surfboards, I'm guessing.
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#38
This Snail With A Wasp Nest On It
Son of Philosoraptor 7 months ago
Dave! Where's the nest? I dunno Ralph! It was just right here!
Bell-icose 7 months ago
Commensalism: One species benefits, and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 7 months ago
I guess the wasp started building while the snail was hibernating, or ... idk the word for shutting down for heat and drought ? Wasps don't just build nests on moving objects, so the snail must have been stationary for a while.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 7 months ago
Why? the wasp just built the nest on top of the snail's house. It wouldn't hurt the snail at all, unless it stayed stationary until the whole nest was finished - then it would be too cumbersome to move for the snail. Wasps don't eat snails.
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Found An Alien Statue Head In A Riverbed
Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago
This species of alien is a silicon-based life form. Whilst Earth's living things are carbon-based and decompose upon their dĕªth, silicon-based life forms harden and essentially become concrete-like statues of themselves as seen in this photo. Source: Bovine excrement my brain created
StrangeOne 7 months ago
So... what you're saying is this a real dead alien?
Load More Replies... Bartlet for world domination 7 months ago
Am I the only one who sees a hand to the left of it?
PenguinEmp 7 months ago (edited)
The object is a concrete sculpture of an alien head found in a Swiss riverbed. It was created by students who lived nearby many years ago, using silicone molds to cast the concrete. The discovery gained attention after a Reddit user shared a photo of it, leading to widespread interest and speculation. The sculpture is not an ancient artifact or a natural formation, but rather a piece of art. The person in the image is one of the artists
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 7 months ago
Must be an ancient statue of the guys who built the pyramid
#40
A Broken Quarter
coffee_meowniac 7 months ago
Ok yall will tell me I am stupid (ig I am)....but I never knew that they looked like that or were made of copper
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago (edited)
I never really thought about it but TIL..."The surface layers in this case comprise one-third of the coin's thickness, giving the quarter an aggregate copper content of 91.67%. A quarter weighs 5.67 grams (containing a little less than 5.2 grams of copper). source: copper.org.
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Rich Black 7 months ago
i can't think of a more expensive way to make coins. 3 parts, with a machined copper core?
EJN 7 months ago
The originals were all silver, but the price of silver went up, so the government decided to sandwich in copper to cut the amount of silver required to make 25-cent coins.
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David 7 months ago
I knew no silver in modern quarters but I didn't know they are clad. I thought just a mix / alloy but all one alloy. Pennies have zinc in the middle (or at least used to). One time on my ship (80s) I found a penny in the bilge that was mostly hollow. Somehow the seawater got past a bit of the cladding and over time the zinc was corroded away leaving the copper outer shell. from net - "Yes, a modern US quarter has a core made of copper. Specifically, it's a clad coin, meaning the core is pure copper and it's surrounded by layers of a cupronickel alloy (75% copper, 25% nickel). The cupronickel layers give the coin its silver-like appearance. "
PenguinEmp 7 months ago
Incorrect. American pennies are all zinc with a copper plating. They cost 5.5 cents to make.
Load More Replies... krunchifrog 7 months ago
That’s pretty cool. I knew that there were layers - you can see them looking side-on but I’ve never seen the middle part.
#41
Of A German Police Officer
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 7 months ago
"Absolute unit" of a German police officer. Absoluteunit is the name of the subreddit and it's always the first word of any post there. It doesn't translate well to bp, lol
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
The size section of the order form went from Light Mobility Unit up to Bad M*f*.
#42
This Pile Of Excavated Fire Hydrants
Sally Moen 7 months ago
Good old cast iron pipes. In Seattle, when redoing waterlines under streets, they have found old wooden pipes that were left in the ground, running parallel to the cast iron pipes. Especially in Ballard, which 100 years ago joined the rest of Seattle's water source, a mountain snow-fed reservoir, instead of peoples' backyard wells. There were still alot of trees in town, old-growth, and these made excellent pipes on straight lines.
David 7 months ago (edited)
Sally, Back in the 90s when Seattle was digging underground to make those transit tunnels, I worked for a leak repair company. One day Seattle Steam had us come fix a leaking steam valve. To get to it we had to go down into the construction tunnel. It was pretty cool. I didn't see any wooden pipes but you could see various layers of supply / drainage pipes as you went deeper into the dig tunnel. The scope of it was rather impressive.
Load More Replies... Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
Somehow, I never thought of what the fire hydrant looked like underground! I'm totally blown away!
#43
We Have Harvested A Tiny Watermelon
#44
I Found 5 Inch Safety Pins
Dave In MD 7 months ago
Everyone that ever went to Navy bootcamp got one for the laundry bags.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
Goth kids used them all the time when I was growing up.
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 7 months ago
Yes, I was going to say stitch holders as well.
Load More Replies... David 7 months ago
Those are laundry bag pins. In the navy (maybe other services?) your laundry goes into large net bags. They are held closed by one of these pins. Depending on the time / which aircraft carrier I was on they get washed and dried inside that bag and then the whole bag comes back to you. Usually wrinkled as heck but at least you got all of your clothes back. I still have a couple of these pins and bags.
#45
My Friend Found The Smallest Cucumber I've Ever Seen
#46
I Can Bend My Toes Back To My Foot
#47
These Curved Doors At My Sister's New House
Liz Siemens 7 months ago
It would be so annoying to arrange furniture along those walls in those rooms haha
#48
Local Farmers Market Has Emu Eggs
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
Not Australian here. But I have, what I believe to be an emu egg. It looks like it's same size, but it's white?
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 7 months ago
The shells are very thick. If you can carefully blow the yolk and white out the shell can be carved. I have one from my father's uncle (or someone like that) with a horse's head hand-carved on it.
Auntriarch 7 months ago
I saw them for sale in Barcelona market, but it wasn't really practical to take one home to UK so I didn't buy one. But they are gorgeous
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ok stupid question but if we have emus here they are probably at a zoo so i honestly dont know can you eat them??
Coral 7 months ago
Not uncommon for general public to farm emus, at least in rural areas. My family rescued some from a closing animal sanctuary and raised them for about 15 years. They lay a lot of eggs per clutch. You just need one for a family omelet. They are pretty thick consistency so we added milk to it. They can definitely be intimidating if you are on the same side of the fence. I got kicked in the leg once when we had to move them to a different location at one point. The ones we hand raised were plenty friendly but the og ones not so much.
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My Wife Found An Hippopotamus Tooth At The Coast Today
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
That's not just the tooth. A moment of silence for a possibly fallen brother or sister, please.
Lyone Fein 7 months ago
One of the comments claims that this is not from a hippo. But that it is “a fossil from an animal called Desmostylus.”
#50
Found In Fb Marketplace Ad
#51
A Real And Very Rare $500 Bill
Sally Moen 7 months ago
1934 bill, which means it was intended for use by wealthy business owners to facilitate big purchases. Money transfers from bank to bank made big denominations unnecessary. Also it's wierd that this bill was made in the early years of the great Depression.
Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
Wow, your parents had legit US currency in $500 and $10,000 denominations? What happened to them, if you don't mind?
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The Biggest Tires I've Ever Seen
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
I have worked in construction, these appear to be average-sized heavy equipment tires. The tires for open pit mining dump trucks are much much bigger.
Forrest Grump 7 months ago
Well heckdangfire, i dun seen sum tars jist like dem on uh pickemup truck down at the trailer park.
#53
Both Dogs Are The Same Size
#54
We Visited The Largest Bench In Germany
#55
I Have A Single Line Across My Palm
Al Fun 7 months ago
Single palmar crease, 1 in 30 people have it. https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/symptoms/simian-crease
Nils Skirnir 7 months ago
Often associated with Downs Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or Rubella Syndrome.
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murmelinpaiva 7 months ago
I have it also on one hand. It is common among people with Down Syndrome (I am not one). I went to a lecture by an expert in dermatoglyphs (fingerprints) and she was very surprised by my hand.
#56
Fog Over La Makes It Look Like Badly Rendered Video Game
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
LA (Los Angeles) or La (Louisiana) and those are just the options for the US that I can think of...who knows, picture is too blurry
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Kathrin Pukowsky 7 months ago
I read that as "La Makes" and was then confused by the "missing" verb. 😅
#57
This Student Driver Cement Truck
Don't listen to me 7 months ago
Well people do have to learn how to drive these monsters. I was watching one recently taking a bend at speed and wondering just when it would tip over.
#58
This One Can Of Carrots Didnt Get Color
Sally Moen 7 months ago
I worked in a cardboard company once that printed food cartons and containers, and they checked color accuracy using machined, but occasionally a misprint will get through. The important thing about food labels like these is that the food shown in the picture needs to look appealing, has to look like real food. Lots of the pictures have small print that says Photo is representation.
Jack Tripper 7 months ago
Looks to me like the label fell off so the store put on a photocopy.
Dragons Exist 7 months ago
What grocery store would go through that effort rather than just throw it away
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Golden Delicious & Pink Lady Apple
#60
Standing On Top Of A Nuclear Reactor
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
"TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIGA
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
It's a "swimming pool reactor": "a type of nuclear reactor that has a core (consisting of the fuel elements and the control rods) immersed in an open pool usually of water. The water acts as neutron moderator, cooling agent and radiation shield. The layer of water directly above the reactor core shields the radiation so completely that operators may work above the reactor safely." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_pool_reactor
Load More Replies... Norm Gilmore 7 months ago
This has been posted before, but it's still hilarious from xkcd- So, as far as swimming safety goes, the bottom line is that you’d probably be ok, as long as you didn’t dive to the bottom or pick up anything strange. But just to be sure, I got in touch with a friend of mine who works at a research reactor, and asked him what he thought would happen to you if you tried to swim in their radiation containment pool. “In our reactor?” He thought about it for a moment. “You’d die pretty quickly, before reaching the water, from gunshot wounds.” https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
I don't care how much water and lead is in there. It's still a nope for me.
#61
Spilled A Drink And It Reflected Perfectly
#62
Light Bulb Stayed On After Taking It Out
michael Chock 7 months ago
In case you are wondering about science things, LEDs use so little energy that there is a capacitor (fast battery) that evens out the incoming electricity before it is reduced for the LED. There is a resistor (that must be faulty) to drain the capacitor quickly when power is removed.
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
The issue is that the LED light source requires low voltage DC (actually a high frequency single polarity square wave for best efficiency). This is achieved with a switched mode step-down power supply circuit which at some point keeps a capacitor charged to a fairly steady DC voltage for the chopper circuitry (in the PSU side, not the LED driver - although what do I know about modern electronics?). The light will stay on until that capacitor discharges. In a low voltage high efficiency application like an LED lamp, I doubt they'd have a bleed resistor (maybe I'm wrong). Bleed resistors are useful for high voltage applications such as the HT supply for an old-fashioned CRT display: once you turn off, it soon discharges so it won't give anyone a shock on dismantling, and won't retain enough energy to set fire to anything in case of a problem which could cause a spark. Early Macintosh computers were infamous for not having HT discharge resistors. Failing to follow correct discharge procedure could fry the logic circuitry.
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Nicola Mawson 7 months ago
We have something similar in South Africa. Because, you know, the power goes off all the time. So they stay on
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
Nicola Mawson: it sounds like you've got lighting with proper battery backup built in (or maybe supercapictors these days, what do I know about modern technology?) It's technically very straightforward and presumably not horribly expensive.
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#63
My Parent’s Water Is Hot Pink Due To A Chemical Leak
Sarah M. 7 months ago
Potassium permanganate. Removes sulfur and iron, is used in some filtration systems. Not tasty in large doses.
Load More Replies... David Houde 7 months ago
That looks like water line antifreeze to me. I use it in my camper before I store it for the winter.
Beak Hookage 7 months ago
If you drink that you will mutate into a pixie, or possibly a fairy.
#64
Apparently Pilots Get Special Cups
Mel in Georgia 7 months ago
My husband was a commercial pilot. Asked him about this, and he said that there was some incident where a pilot spilled a cup of something on the radio controls, causing them to malfunction. For a while at his airline, pilots were given cups with lids to prevent this. It didn't last long. So maybe this cup comes with a lid?
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
It seems it's basically because they've got lids to avoid spillage (and probably other flight-deck safety features). Explanation here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/55576/why-would-pilots-get-special-cups and https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/1745932-faa-violation-coffee-cups-labeled-flight-deck-use.html and https://www.ncesc.com/why-do-pilots-get-special-cups/
Bahija Just 7 months ago
Because those cups come with special lids that fit only those cups that help ensure the coffee isn't going to spill in case of turbulence and fry the flight management system
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I Found A Two Headed Turtle Today, Called Dnr To Come Pick It Up
justme 7 months ago
Anyone know what happens to babies like this? Are they put down or allowed to live in some sort of wildlife sanctuary?
Alex Boyd 7 months ago
I'm sure it varies by location and animal, but I've definitely seen critters with birth defects at sanctuaries, nature centers, etc. Lots of small nature centers have turtles in ponds or tanks, so if this little guy's condition is compatible with life, it probably wouldn't be too hard to find a place for him. Or them.
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Forrest Grump 7 months ago
Department of Natural Resources - a state government agency in US states.
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#66
A One-Person Bench
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
I'd like to guess "Someone shortened a broken bench" for $500 please.
#67
Here’s What An Actual F1 Steering Wheel Looks Like
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
The blue WEC* button on the floor. *Wile E. Coyote
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KazzaHazza 7 months ago
I love F1 and if amazes me how they can press those little buttons wearing gloves. Unless I’m just projecting my clumsiness on to them 😬
#68
The King Of Hearts Is The Only King Without A Mustache
The Mediterranean Fruit 7 months ago
He is also the only face card in the entire deck to be sticking a sword into his head...
Delta Dawn 7 months ago
the King of Spades represents King David, the King of Hearts represents Charlemagne, the King of Diamonds represents Julius Caesar, and the King of Clubs represents Alexander the Great
Beak Hookage 7 months ago
He actually isn't sticking a sword in his head. That's someone else's hand - his are both visible in front of him. So the real question is - who's the assassin?
Apatheist Account2 7 months ago
King of spades is the only one looking to the right. Big deal (pun intended :) ).
#69
The Size Of The Kyoto Station Is Insane
Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
I hope that not too many people have tripped while going down those stairs, especially if close to the top.
Beak Hookage 7 months ago
Places this huge with huge structures like that in them seriously give me the jitters. No doubt there's a word for it.
#70
I Have Fake Wasp Nest And Real Wasps Started To Build On It
BradGfromDaBoo 7 months ago
that would be a fake hornets nest I know because I threw a rock at one and got stung on the eyelid, I wasn't the sharpest kid
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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 7 months ago
To deter the actual wasps, as they're territorial (I think) and won't want to build near another nest's area.
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420lb Dumbbell
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
Somebody has to talk to Thor about racking the weights after working out.
#72
One Of Our New Chickens Laid Her First Egg Yesterday And It Didn’t Have A Yolk
Max Robitzsch 7 months ago
Wow, your chickens are driving a hard bargain.
Load More Replies... Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
A hen laying her first egg, particularly if she's a pullet (young hen), may lay an egg without a yolk, sometimes called a "dwarf egg," "wind egg," or "fart egg". This is because her reproductive system is still developing and not fully coordinated. While it can happen in mature hens as well, it's most common in pullets.
murmelinpaiva 7 months ago
Many years ago I got a dozen eggs which all had double yolks. The eggs were kind of torpedo shaped.
#73
This Wavy Road Seen From The Window Of A Plane Landing In Ft Lauderdale
Kenneth Smith 7 months ago
This is actually really cool. Driving through FL, those long, straight stretches of road are scarily mesmerizing.
Pheebs 7 months ago
They’re also highly prone to too much speeding and accidents due to people zoning out. This road is likely curved to prevent the zoning.
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Caroline Nagel 7 months ago
The long and winding road, That leads to your door... First thing that came to mind seeing this picture.
#74
The Inside Of My Tree Looks Fake
CatD 7 months ago
Native Americans used them for canoes and as a wet wrapping for broken limbs. The bark stiffens when dry.
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Every Night This Light/Laser Comes From Out Of Nowhere And Appears To Be Thousands Of Miles Long
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago (edited)
My first assumption was that it's a laser guide star used by large astronomical telescopes to correct for atmospheric distortion. To find out where it comes from, you'd look for the nearest big observatory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star. However, reading the original post, apparently it might have been a beacon for visitors to locate a party Leonardo DiCaprio was hosting.
Lyone Fein 7 months ago
These should be illegal, IMO. They can cause problems for aircraft, satellites, and nighttime wildlife.
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Apatheist Account2 7 months ago
No, but if it's the one that checks the distance to the moon, it will be around 238,000 miles long (and a similar distance back).
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A Friend Brought A 100 Sided Dice During Our D&D Session
Greg Baughman 7 months ago
I have a D100, it's hollow, with sand in it. Stops rolling pretty quickly.
Phobrek 7 months ago
I don't know about the 5e version of D&D, but when I was playing 1e as a young nerdling there were d% rolls, used for various thievery checks and other things
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Gravity Is Optional
G A 7 months ago
His very big feet are touching the floor, just doesn't look like it
Load More Replies... Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
It isn't typically optional here on Earth but I believe this kid has some strong muscles.
#78
This House Is Held Up By A Single Column
Raymond Leduc 7 months ago
In Vancouver (BC), there's a BIG office building built on a small base like that. Taxes are based on the 'foot imprint' on the ground ... big buildings but small taxes. Trump wants to drill for oil in Alaska, claiming only small ground space for drilling ... same story. Imagine a BIG desk but counting only the space that touches the ground, 4 small legs.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
Entire house is sitting on that black pedestal.
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#79
My Unmounted Sheet Metal Roof Looks Fake
#80
I Have A Single Strand Of Golden Hair On My Face
B Hobbs 7 months ago
If they pull that hair out, their opposite ear will fall off.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 7 months ago
The warrior who plucks the Golden Hair from the face of the legendary Man With Stubble shall surely be the Chosen One.
Lynchamigsakta 7 months ago
Omg I need to pull this out so bad, where do they live? I'm on my way in a sec
#81
The Spoons In The Salad Sauce Look Weirdly Fused
Kathrin Pukowsky 7 months ago
That salad bowl screams Germany. Unless there are other countries where every household is required by unspoken law to have at least one glass bowl/plate with this leaf pattern.
#82
Moby Dick (Kinda) Looks Like Waves After Water Damage
#83
This Proper Chonker Of A Conker (Hand And Normal Sized Conker For Scale)
Robin Roper 7 months ago
We call these horse chestnuts as that's the name of the tree that grows them; not eatible.
#84
My Vegan Chicken Wing Had A Wooden Bone In It
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 7 months ago
If vegans do not want to eat meat, why make something look or taste like meat?
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 7 months ago
Exactly. Went to a vegan party. All the vegetable, nut and fruit dishes were delicious. All the fake meat "food" was disgusting. No one there (vegan or non-vegan) could give a satisfactory answer as to why there was fake meat "food" at a vegan party. Anyways, gorged myself on all the delicious food and then went to In-N-Out for a double-double to top off my day. To this day, I still wonder why health conscious vegans eat that ultra-processed fake meat products.
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Lavender Myst 7 months ago
So, controversial thought: We now know that in addition to 'breathing' (O2/CO2 exchange) all plants 'scream' when cut... like the smell of fresh cut grass. Also when aphids and the like attack trees, they warn each other and other trees will produce more sap etc. Plants will litterally comminicate needs to each other and help each other out. So in essence, plants also have feelings... so, how is a salad really ethically better then real chicken in that case? Just eat the meat, your already murdering the grass, you just cant 'hear' it cuz its beyond your range
DC 7 months ago
No. Feelings are beyond a plant's range because they lack any structure that could be remotely able to feel them. And, as a multitude of the amount of meat you're gonna get is used to feed the animal you're eating, eating animals would, even if only plants could suffer, make more plants suffer than eating plants. Basically, just another point for more plant, less animal, huh?
Load More Replies... BradGfromDaBoo 7 months ago
the irony of being a vegan/vegetarian kills a bunch of animals in the process of growing the veggies to keep mice ,rabbits, and all sorts of critters from eating the crops not to mention the chemicals used as well
meeeeeeeeeeee 7 months ago
You should be aware that eating animals uses way more crops than not eating animals.
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Beak Hookage 7 months ago (edited)
I was invited to lunch at a vegetarian restaurant once and was surprised to see they had chicken on the menu. That's what it said. Chicken. It turned out to be imitation chicken made out of soy protein or something. I was quite put out at first but it turned out to be very tasty! (I should note I am autistic and was a teenager at the time, so fakeouts - perceived or actual - did not go over well with me).
Portentia9 7 months ago
I am "vegan" but I want to eat stuffs that look and tastes like meat...mental.
Ellinor 7 months ago
People aren't vegan because they hate the taste, they are vegan because they don't want to eat mass-k!lled animals.
Load More Replies... Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 7 months ago
It's for the fries you can just barely see at the bottom of the image, you dingbat. Also, what's the issue with ketchup?
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I Bought A Prawn The Size Of A Dinner Plate
Norm Gilmore 7 months ago
Woodlice: Woodlice are small, terrestrial isopods, meaning they live on land. They typically range in size from about 1 cm to a maximum of 15 mm. The largest woodlouse species is the common sea slater (Ligia oceanica), which lives in the intertidal zone and can grow up to 3 cm long. They breathe using gills, which is why they prefer damp, dark environments. Giant Isopod: The giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) is a marine crustacean, meaning it lives in the ocean. It can grow up to 1 meter (approximately 39 inches) in length. It lives in the deep sea, around 2 kilometers below the surface. It is not a woodlouse, but it belongs to the same order (Isopoda) and shares some similarities in body structure.
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#86
This Extra Long Barcode
#87
My 45 Foot Long Phone Charger
Forrest Grump 7 months ago
Yes, because there has never been an electric wire longer than 44 feet. 🤔
Load More Replies... Christos Arvanitis 7 months ago
Likely fake. You don't see a contiguous cable. Probably a white wire and then they are holding an actual cable... for some weird reason. Also, as somebody else said, there would likely be voltage dropoff along the way. Just a guess.
#88
This Uncomfortably Long Screwdriver At My Grandparents House
BradGfromDaBoo 7 months ago
definitely a car Mechanic's friend, had a set of 4
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Sally Moen 7 months ago
Want it. The best place to find used tools in my town, including oddball screwdrivers, is the Habitat for Humanity salvage store. They also get donations when somebody is doing a construction demo on an old house and there are pieces of wainscoting and trim and molding that can be saved
Uncle Panda 7 months ago
I found the problem with tools like this is they enable you to tackle larger messes than before.
#89
Home Dryer Next To An Industrial Dryer
#90
Of A Cooking Blowtorch I Saw At A Korean Bulgogi Restaurant. They Used It To Search Their Meats
G A 7 months ago
Kinda like Ripley searched for the Alien with a flamethrower.
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Gustav Gallifrey 7 months ago
'...search their meats.' "C'mon, tell me where it's hidden. I know you've got it on you. Don't make me get the blowtorch again!"
Pheebs 7 months ago
It’s like they got stuck somewhere between sear and scorch.
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